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1Music/WeirdAlYankovic is practically the personification of "funny". His songs have at least one Funny Moment by their very nature.
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3!!Songs and Videos:
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5[[AC:Music/WeirdAlYankovicAlbum]]
6* "Stop Draggin' My Car Around", because only Weird Al can make a song about your car being impounded hilarious.
7-->''[[FelonyMisdemeanor But, man, that car of yours is so uncool]]\
8[[TotallyRadical Like wow]], [[RefugeInAudacity I'm sorry, but we towed it away!]]\
9Look out the window, there's tow truck in the driveway\
10I grabbed the driver and I asked him why\
11He said, "I'm sorry kid, you're late with the payments\
12It's time to kiss your little car goodbye"\
13[[WorryingForTheWrongReason Hey! Hey! I left a sandwich in the backseat!]]''
14* In the music video for "I Love Rocky Road", both times Al says "Ow!" The first time it's because of an ice cream-induced brain-freeze. The second time, after a kid bites his leg.
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16[[AC:Music/WeirdAlYankovicIn3D]]
17* The video for "Eat It". From the SpitTake onward, it skews every visual cue from Music/MichaelJackson's "Beat It" video with unerring accuracy. And funny as hell.
18** It's also the parody song that put Weird Al on the map.
19** The guitar solo is also a brilliant parody of Eddie Music/VanHalen's solo on the original. It's funny as well. It's played on the recording by Music/RickDerringer.
20* The backmasked message in "Nature Trail to Hell":
21-->''Satan eats Cheez Whiz!''
22
23[[AC:Music/DareToBeStupid]]
24* "Dare To Be Stupid" has his announcement that "Mashed potatoes can be your friends"...while emerging from a large pot with [[DeclarativeFinger a finger raised]] and an "AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle" expression. It takes a great comedian to keep a straight face saying that line and having mashed potatoes in his hair.
25** All of "Dare to be Stupid" counts, really.
26** "[[ICantHearYou I can't hear you!]] (Dare to be stupid!) Okay, I can hear you now..."
27** The song is a style-parody of Devo. Mark Mothersbaugh once stated that he hated Weird Al ''for doing the song before he could''.
28* "Girls Just Want to Have Lunch", just from how [[StylisticSuck deliberately bad he made it.]]
29* The "Like a Surgeon" video is one of his all-time greats, starting with the P.A. system announcing, [[Film/TheThreeStooges "Paging Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard".]] Other random wackiness included:
30** The "Operation" board game on display in the O.R.
31** Al performs magic tricks on the patient which concludes with him pulling a rabbit from his chest, to the other surgeons' applause.
32** "Madonna's" appearance as one of the nurses.
33** The EKG machine at one point displays ''WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle''.
34** Al's spirited dancing, including the ending that has a ShoutOut to "Lucky Star".
35
36[[AC:Music/PolkaParty]]
37* "Good Enough For Now" is three minutes of the most backhanded compliments ever put on wax.
38* It wasn't enough for Al to do pitch-perfect Music/TalkingHeads style parody in "Dog Eat Dog"... he dons a gigantic blazer a la David Byrne in "Stop Making Sense" to perform it.
39
40[[AC:Music/EvenWorse]]
41* "Good Old Days" has this [[CrossesTheLineTwice disturbing, yet hilarious]] verse about a grocery store owner:
42-->''Always treated me nice, gave me kindly advice\
43I don't know why I [[MoodWhiplash set fire to his place]]\
44Oh, I'll never forget the day I [[RefugeInAudacity bashed in his head]]\
45Well, you should've seen [[OhCrap the look on his face]]''
46* "[[Music/RitchieValens LA-LA-LA-LA-]][[FoodSongsAreFunny LASAGNA]]!" Yeah, it's a really damned silly song even for Al, but the bombastic energy and conviction with which he delivers the lines of an Italian granny trying to get you to eat makes it funny and catchy anyway.
47
48[[AC:Music/UHFOriginalMotionPictureSoundtrackAndOtherStuff]]
49* A clever transition in "Hot Rocks Polka", Al's polka tribute to Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}:
50-->''So goodbye, Ruby Tuesday\
51Who could hang a name on you\
52When you change with every new day\
53Still... I'm gonna '''miss you'''\
54(silly woo-woo version of the hook from "Miss You")''
55
56[[AC:Music/OffTheDeepEnd]]
57* Special mention for the "Smells Like Music/{{Nirvana}}" music video. ''ALL OF IT.''
58** To put it in perspective - Music/KurtCobain himself cracked up at the video. When the author of a song laughs at its parody, that's a non-subjective SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} right there.
59** Speaking of "Smells Like Nirvana", here's a lyric from the live version:
60--->''And I forgot the next verse....\
61([[{{Beat}} falls silent for two straight bars]])\
62...Oh well, whatever, never mind''
63** The original lyrics for that point in the song are pretty funny, too:
64--->''And I forgot the next verse,\
65Oh well, I guess it pays to rehearse...\
66The lyric sheet's so hard to find,\
67What are the words? Oh, nevermind''
68** You can tell this helped Kurt crack up quite a bit from this.
69--->''Well I'm yellin', and we're playing,\
70But I don't know what I'm saying!\
71A banana, dadadada, nananana, badabada... (cue gibberish)''
72** "garglegarglegarglegarglegarglegargle..."
73** Al's guitar turning into rubber.
74** It's hard to [[EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped bargle nawdle zouss ???]] / With all these marbles in my mouth.
75** The random ManOnFire in the background of the video.
76* [[AntiLoveSong "You Don't Love Me Anymore"]] is borderline disturbing... and totally hilarious.
77-->''I knew that we were having problems when\
78You put those piranhas in my bathtub again\
79You're still the light of my life\
80Oh darling, I'm beggin', won't you put down that knife?''
81
82[[AC:Music/{{Alapalooza}}]]
83* HilariousInHindsight: "Jurassic Park" condenses all of the miserable experiences of [[Film/JurassicPark the movie's tour group]] into one funny, unidentified first-person perspective, but between the "I admit it's kind of eerie/But this proves my chaos theory" lines and the general snarky tone it's easy to regard it as [[Creator/JeffGoldblum Dr. Ian Malcolm's]] ImageSong. Guess which character's become the most popular human in the franchise?
84
85[[AC:Music/BadHairDay]]
86* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOfZLb33uCg Amish Paradise]], particularly this gem:
87-->''A local boy kicked me in the butt last week,\
88I just smiled at him, then I [[TurnTheOtherCheek turned the other cheek]],\
89I really don't care, in fact I wish him well,\
90[[MoodWhiplash Cause I'll be laughing my head off when he's burning in hell]]''
91** "If you come to visit, you'll be bored to tears / We haven't even paid the phone bill in 300 years!"
92** [[HypocriticalHumor "I know I'm a million times as humble as thou art!"]]
93* "Since You've Been Gone" starts out as a pretty normal (for Weird Al) song, with a man who's recently lost a loved one singing about how much worse it feels than all kinds of AmusingInjuries. But let's just say TheEndingChangesEverything...
94-->Ever since the day you left me, I've been so miserable, my dear! I feel almost as bad as I did, [[TakeThat when you were still here]]!
95* "I Remember Larry": Larry's "pranks" definitely CrossTheLineTwice, especially "when he cut my car in half." Even more so the last verse, where the narrator reminisces on the time he left Larry to die bound and gagged in the middle of the woods and thinks Larry would agree "it was a pretty good gag."
96
97[[AC:Music/RunningWithScissors]]
98* The entirety of "Albuquerque" with these special mentions:
99** "IT'S GOOD FOR YOU!!"
100** Al graphically explaining the plane crash and then telling how he survived:
101--->''Cause I had my tray table up\
102And my seat back in the full upright position\
103Had my tray table up\
104And my seat back in the full upright position\
105[[RuleOfThree Had my tray table up]]\
106[[OverlyLongGag And my seat back in the full upright position]]\
107[[LaughingMad A-HA-HA-HAAA! HA-HA-HAAA! Haaa...]]''
108** "And [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike just as I suspected]], it's some big fat hermaphrodite with Music/AFlockOfSeagulls haircut and only one nostril. Aw man, I hate it when I'm right!"
109** The entire donut shop scene. On tours, Al would extend the OverlyLongGag with different kinds of donuts, some fictional (e.g. "Do you have any Creator/HalleBerry donuts?").
110** ”Y’know I think it was just about that time that a little ditty started going through my head, I believe it went a little something like this”:
111--->''DOOHHH!! GET ‘EM OFF ME! GET ‘EM OFF ME! OHHH! NO, GET ‘EM OFF, GET ‘EM OFF! OH, OH GOD, OH GOD! OH, OH GOD! AH, AHH, AHHH!!''
112** "The world was our burrito. So we got married and we bought us a house and had two beautiful children, [[AerithAndBob Nathaniel and]] ''Film/SuperFly''!"
113** Al asks a guy named Marty if he'd like some help moving a sofa. Marty answers with "[[SarcasmMode NO, I want you to cut off my arms and legs with a chainsaw]]!" ''({{beat}})'' "[[SarcasmBlind So I did.]] And then he starts getting all indignant on me. He was like, 'Hey, man! I was just being sarcastic!' Well, that's just great. How was I supposed to know? I'm not a mind-reader for crying out loud. Besides, now he's got a really cute nickname: Torso Boy! So what's he complaining about?"
114** The fact that Al was merely telling the story [[ShaggyDogStory just to point out his hatred]] [[BrickJoke of sauerkraut]]!
115** In the liner notes, the lyrics are cut off after the first few stanzas, replaced by this message:
116--->''"... you know what? The rest of these lyrics aren't gonna fit on here. There's just no room left. What a drag, huh? I guess we didn't plan this out very well... probably should've used a smaller font or a bigger piece of paper or something. Sorry. We all feel just horrible about this. Well, I guess you'll have to listen really carefully and try to figure out the words yourself. Good luck."''
117* Al's unfailing cheerful delivery of [[LyricalDissonance all the terrible things predicted]] in "That's Your Horoscope for Today":
118-->''Gemini!\
119Your birthday party will be ruined once again by [[{{Gasshole}} your explosive flatulence]]\
120Your love life will run into trouble when your fiancé/e [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice hurls a javelin through your chest]]\
121Cancer!\
122The position of Jupiter says that you should spend the rest of the week face down in the mud\
123Try not to shove a roll of duct tape up your nose while taking your driver's test\
124[...]\
125Sagittarius!\
126All your friends are laughing behind your back... '''[[DisproportionateRetribution KILL THEM.]]'''\
127Take down all those [[FanDisservice naked pictures of]] Creator/ErnestBorgnine you've got hanging in your den\
128Capricorn!\
129The stars say that you're an exciting and wonderful person, [[YankTheDogsChain but you know they're lying]]\
130If I were you, I'd lock my doors and windows, and [[{{Hikkikomori}} never never never never ever leave my house again]]!''
131* "Jerry Springer" has this bit of dialogue:
132-->'''Man:''' Baby, I've been sleepin' with your sister.\
133'''Woman:''' Oh? Well, which one?\
134'''Man:''' {{All of them}}...\
135'''Woman:''' Oh! Well, I've been sleepin' with your best friend Jake!\
136'''Man:''' Yeah? Well, me too!\
137'''Woman:''' Oh!\
138'''Man:''' And I've been sleepin' with your dog Woofie!\
139''(barking)''\
140'''Woman:''' Woofie, you b''(bleep)''tch! ...Well, I'm also sleeping with your pet goat!\
141''(bleating)''\
142'''Man:''' That goat doesn't love you!
143* "Germs". A parody of Music/NineInchNails' style, it's pure hilarity from how Al's exuberant singing style just clashes yet at the same time works so well against a [[IndustrialMetal genre/style]] much DarkerAndEdgier than is usual for him. And that's not even getting to [[TerrifiedOfGerms the lyrics]]...
144* The account given in "The Saga Begins" of [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Yoda warning Qui-Gon about Anakin]].
145-->''They interviewed the kid\
146Oh, training they forbid\
147Because Yoda sensed in him much fear\
148And Qui-Gon said, "Now listen here\
149Just stick it in your pointy ear\
150I still will teach this boy"''
151
152[[AC:Music/PoodleHat]]
153* Pretty much the entirety of "A Complicated Song", but special mention goes to the final two choruses.
154-->''Tell me,\
155Why'd I have to go and get myself decapitated?\
156[[{{Understatement}} It really is a major inconvenience]]\
157Oh man, I really hate it\
158It's such a drag now\
159I can't eat, I can't breathe, I can't snore, I can't belch or yodel anymore,\
160Can't spit or blow my nose or even read Sports Illustrated.''
161* "Angry White Boy Polka":
162-->''(In an incredibly cheerful voice)'' "I cry, when angels deserve to die, die, die, d-d-die-die-die-die-die. HEY!"
163* "Hardware Store"'s infamous MotorMouth list includes many things one would expect to find at a typical hardware store...with [[BreadEggsMilkSquick "automatic circumcisers"]] slipped into the middle of it.
164* The stanza introducing [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Norman Osborn]] in "[[Film/SpiderMan1 Ode to a Superhero]]", just for the rhyme Al creates for "screwy".
165-->''Now Norman's a billionaire scientist\
166Who never had time for his son\
167But then something went screwy\
168And before you knew he\
169Was trying to kill everyone''
170
171[[AC:Music/StraightOuttaLynwood]]
172* From another parody called "Trapped In The Drive-Thru":
173-->''Then we drive to the drive-thru\
174Heading off to the drive-thru\
175We're approaching the drive-thru\
176Getting close to the drive-thru!\
177Almost there at the drive-thru\
178Now we're here at the drive thru\
179Here in line at the drive-thru\
180[[OverlyLongGag Did I mention the drive-thru?]]''
181** The fact that the original version is so [[{{Narm}} over-the-top]][[note]]For the uninformed, it involves a LoveDodecahedron, copious amounts of gun misuse, a midget, a stuttering pimp, and the mafia. It also goes on for an innumerable amount of installments, literally ever single one of which ends with an AssPull. It's one of [[SoBadItsGood those works]].[[/note]] that the only way Al could made it funny was to have the lyrics be as banal as possible.
182** And of course, the ending -- [[BrickJoke they wound up forgetting the onions]].
183* Just about every line of "Confessions Part III", but especially when he admits to dressing up like Creator/ShirleyTemple (or, in the live shows, Sarah Palin) and spanking himself with a hockey stick.
184** [[https://youtu.be/yjhKIttvX34 Somebody synched the lyrics]] to Usher's video for the original Confessions Part II. Some of Usher's dance moves and gestures fit the lyrics ''so well'', it was uncanny--for example, "when I'm kissing you, I fantasize you're a midget!" plays when Usher kneels in front of the woman and hugs her legs, and the spoken part in the bridge "remember that shirt you got me for my birthday? Well, I returned it for store credit.[[note]]That-that thing was hideous, what were you ''thinking''?[[/note]]" plays just after Usher has stripped off his undershirt in the video. At other junctures, the lyrics make Usher's dramatic gesturing narmtastically funny: for instance, he agonizes on his knees over giving his significant other buttered toast he dropped and picked up off of the floor ''as if it's the worst thing he's ever done''. One gets the sense that Al was writing the lyrics while watching the original music video.
185* "Weasel Stomping Day" starts off as an amusing parody of all those upbeat, cheesy songs from holiday specials. Then the actual weasel stomping begins. It's so very wrong, but [[RefugeInAudacity yet so very hilarious]].[[note]]And worry not - [[NoAnimalsWereHarmed no actual weasels were harmed in the making of the song]]. The sound effects were provided by smashing fresh fruits and veggies. Along with his wife, baby, and pet parrot, according to the Making Of DVD.[[/note]]
186* "White & Nerdy"
187** Al, dressed as a nerd, mowing the front lawn when he stops and waves enthusiastically at the gangsters (Series/KeyAndPeele) who frown in response. Al then walks up to them wanting to shake their hands, but they drive away as he gets near the car.
188*** Not just drive away, they ''lock the car doors'' as if they're afraid he's going to bust into their vehicle and contaminate them with his icky nerdiness.
189*** Bonus points that they do this while driving ''in a convertible with the top down.''
190** Al showing off the rims on his car: they're stock rims on a Toyota Prius.
191-->''My rims never spin; to the contrary\
192You'll find that they're quite stationary''
193** Al [[RetconningTheWiki vandal]][[WikiVandal izing]] the Creator/AtlanticRecords Website/{{Wikipedia}} page by writing "'''[[TakeThat YOU SUCK!]]'''"
194** [[Series/{{Pyramid}} Donny]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWc6QQ9JlMc Osmond]].
195** "They see me roll on / My Segway" Followed by ThoseTwoGuys [[FlippingTheBird giving him the bird]].
196** Al making out with a large roll of bubble wrap, hoping "no one sees me get freaky."
197** "I'm nerdy in the extreme and whiter than sour cream..."
198** In the video, Al is seen [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything making a shady back-alley purchase]] of ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'' on VHS.
199* "Don't Download This Song" is a lighthearted TakeThat toward the whole "DigitalPiracyIsEvil" mindset, with Al mentioning [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope the life of crime you'll inevitably lead if you even think of downloading illegally]]:
200-->''You start out stealing songs, then you're robbing liquor stores\
201And selling crack and running over school kids with your car''
202** Al then gets a little too real when he offhandedly describes [[OnlyInItForTheMoney why certain recording artists would be so dead-set against digital piracy anyway]]:
203-->''Don't take away money\
204From artists just like me\
205[[FirstWorldProblems How else can I afford]] [[ConspicuousConsumption another solid gold Humvee?\
206And diamond-studded swimming pools]]\
207These things don't grow on trees!''
208** During the fade, Al shouts "[[PrecisionFStrike You cheap bastard]]!"
209* All the frivolous lawsuits in "I'll Sue Ya", especially the last ones in the two verses.
210** Suing Delta Airlines because Al's trip to [[PlaceWorseThanDeath New Jersey]] sucked.
211** He sued Ben Affleck, but there's a space where he gives the explanation. Then, he says, "[[TakeThat Aw, do I even need a reason]]!?"
212
213[[AC:Music/{{Alpocalypse}}]]
214* "Party in the CIA" is hilarious, as one fan put it "It's hauntingly accurate, I hope we don't have to kill him."
215** ''"Better put your hands up and get in the van, Or else you'll get blown away!"''
216** ''"We only torture the folks we don't like, You're probably gonna be OK!"''
217** ''"Burn that microfilm, buddy, will you? [[IdTellYouButThenIdHaveToKillYou I'd tell you why, but then I'd have to kill you.]]"''
218** The song's protagonist says he is in no rush to assassinate a particular dictator, only to happen to cross paths with him and shoot him. This is rendered in the music video as them being at a bar. Al hides his gun with a folder, shoots the man, then shoots him twice more before leaving. Then reaches back into frame and steals his drink.
219** One of the selling points for the CIA is that they've got [[SignedUpForTheDental "a better dental plan than the FBI."]]
220* The video for "Perform This Way". Weird Al's face superimposed over a woman's body, exhibiting outfits so outrageous that they manage to ''out-Gaga Music/LadyGaga.'' (with a few ''real'' Gaga outfits thrown in, such as the one made of raw meat - though good luck figuring out without doing the research which ones were the real thing) Highlights include a singing porcupine on his/her head, a Taj Mahal/Octopus combo, and a cameo by Music/{{Madonna}} impersonator Holly Beavon who appears during the line "I'm so completely original" and later throws in the "Express yourself" reference.
221** For those wondering about the French he speaks "for no reason", it literally translates to, "Excuse me, who farted?"
222** ''"I'll [[EyeScream poke your eye out]] with a dress like this" [[OffhandBackhand *slam*]] [[WilhelmScream ("Aaaaugh!!")]] "Back off and enjoy the show!"''
223** There's a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo45pBJdcUM behind-the-scene video]] comparing between the final result of the video and the pre-edit one where Weird Al's face has not been superimposed on Vlada Gorbaneva's. The fact that Vlada managed to keep a completely straight expression during the entire shot (with a few minor lapses) [[TheComicallySerious is hilarious in and of itself]].
224** When doing live performances of this song, expect Al to be wearing something like an octopus suit with an ice cream cone for a hat, with the band's outfits being only slightly less bizarre.
225* The video for "[[{{Pun}} Polka]] [[Music/LadyGaga Face]]". It's the first music video for a polka medley, and ''boy'' does it show. Highlights include: the "baby" snippet, where a baby Music/JustinBieber is looking forward to get some breast milk (as a nod to his LikesOlderWomen status) [[TakeThat only to be given a pacifier instead]], the "I kissed a girl" part where Music/KatyPerry "hopes her boyfriend doesn't mind", [[GirlOnGirlIsHot with his response being a couple of thumbs-ups]], Music/LadyGaga being generally even crazier than usual, and Weird Al's own appearance as his own SuperDeformed avatar.
226** The Womanizer. Dear God, the Womanizer.
227** It's essentially a professional Website/{{Newgrounds}} video.
228* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF6ct9ZEq5s&ob=av2e "Another Tattoo"]] video. Highlights include the tattoos of 4 of his ex-girlfriends (and Clay Aiken), zombie UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan, his grocery list, and the geisha tattoo that is actually a tentacle monster.
229** And of course, [[Franchise/StarWars Boba Fett]] playing clarinet.
230** "[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial No, I'm not high! I'm really okay!]]"
231* The fact that Weird Al managed to turn Charles Nelson Reilly, a goofy CampGay comedian famous for being on ''Series/MatchGame'', into a MemeticBadass who would put Chuck Norris Facts to shame.
232* The voice-overs provided by Creator/TomKenny in "TMZ".
233-->''We caught this Oscar nominee picking up '''dog poop'''!\
234Is that a baby bump?\
235I pronounce you guilty of leaving the house while fat!\
236Look who's drinking '''coffee'''!\
237Everything celebrities do is fascinating!''
238* "Stop Forwarding That Crap to Me":
239-->''And by the way, your "quotes from George Carlin"\
240Aren't really George Carlin\
241Mr. Rogers never fought the Viet Cong\
242And Bill Gates is never gonna give me something for nothing\
243And I highly doubt some dead girl's gonna kill me if I don't pass your letter along!''
244
245[[AC:Music/MandatoryFun]]
246* The entirety of [[http://www.nerdist.com/vepisode/weird-al-yankovic-gets-tacky-with-pharrells-happy/ the song "Tacky" and the accompanying music video]], but special mention must go to the cameos by [[WesternAnimation/{{Archer}} Aisha]] [[Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway Tyler]], Creator/MargaretCho, [[Series/ModernFamily Eric Stonestreet]], Creator/KristenSchaal, and Creator/JackBlack.
247** Or "Wear my Ed Hardy shirt with ''fluorescent orange pants''! Got my new résumé, it's [[FauxHorrific printed in Comic Sans]]!"
248** "[[JerkAss I think it's fun threatening waiters with a bad Yelp review!]]"
249** Or this [[RefugeInAudacity utterly audacious line]], especially when lip-synced by the [[HollywoodPudgy pleasantly plump]] Creator/MargaretCho in the music video.
250--->''I met some chick, ask her this and that,\
251Like "Are you pregnant, girl, or just really fat?" ('''[[BigWhat "WHAT?!"]]''')''
252** The stuff involving practicing twerking moves at the D.M.V & taking off one's shirt (at ''least'') at the bank.
253*** Not helped by the twerking in the video being done by ''Jack Black.'' Wearing a sequined fanny pack.
254** "I would live-tweet a funeral, take selfies with the deceased..." followed by, "...If I'm bit by a zombie, I'm probably not telling you...if you're okay with that then you're probably tacky, too!" Looks like the subject of the funeral got up and bit him.
255* "Scream & Shout" has a portion in the polka medley "Now That's What I Call Polka!", in which the lyrics are accompanied by realistic screaming in the background (provided by [[TheCameo Al's wife]]), and the line "let it out" is accompanied by [[ToiletHumor a fart noise]].
256** "Best Song Ever" is changed slightly.
257--->''I think it went "Guh eh guh!"\
258I think it went "Guhliy-ge guh!"\
259I think it went "[[Music/{{Psy}} E-e-e-e-e-e-eeeey, sexy lady!]]"''
260** Weird Al's take on ''Gangnam Style'' with "HEEEEEYYYY SEXY LAAAADDDY" a la Creator/JerryLewis.
261* The song "Foil" starts out as a seemingly normal song about food, par for the course for Al...and then veers off halfway through into conspiracy theories, [[OneWorldOrder New World Order]], [[AlienAbduction alien abduction]], and [[TheIlluminati Illuminati]], and how a foil hat will protect you. It's doubly funny because Weird Al is so well known for songs about food that you'd never see it coming.
262** And the actual Illuminati was flattered enough [[https://twitter.com/alyankovic/status/510823324776026115 to send Al a gift basket.]]
263* This awesome line in the Robin Thicke parody "Word Crimes": ''"You should neeeeverrrrrr... write words using numbers! Unless you're seven! [[spoiler: Or [[TakeThat your name is]] Music/{{Prince}}!]]"''
264** Even better because not only has Prince consistently denied Al the right to parody his songs, but the number 7 is an arc number for him. Weird Al ribbed him in more ways than one.
265--->''And I thought that you'd gotten it through your skull,\
266'Bout what's figurative and what's literal,\
267Oh, but just now you said,\
268You "literally couldn't get out of bed."\
269That really makes me want to literally,\
270Smack a crowbar upside your stupid head!''
271** His later assessment:
272--->"Your prose is dopey / think you should only / write in emoji / Oh you're a lost cause!"
273** The little details are just as hilarious, like how when the video gets to 'you're a lost cause', the screen changes to look like an ad for the show ''Lost'', and in the corner, where the ABC logo goes, it says 'learn your abc's, doofus'. In addition, when Clippy shows up, the 'dismiss' button says 'go away forever', something a lot of users probably agree with.
274** The line "Irony is not coincidence" is accompanied by a picture of [[Music/AlanisMorissette a bride and groom getting rained on]].
275* "Mission Statement" takes a load of corporate buzzwords and makes them into a Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung-styled song.
276* "Jackson Park Express" is a lengthy story about a out-of-control FacialDialogue conversation, but amid the general escalation and silliness, one line stands out.
277-->''Then I glanced down at her shirt for a second\
278In a way that clearly implied "[[spoiler:[[MaleGaze I like your boobs]]]]"''
279** Another from the same song (and potentially useful as a real pick-up line): "You are my answer to everything, which is why I'll probably do very poorly on the written part of my driver's test."
280** And the implication that most of what's said is clearly just in the delusional mind of the protagonist while the woman of his affection is wondering why this weirdo is gawking at her.
281* The entirety of "My Own Eyes". BrainBleach at its funniest and most disturbing.
282** Especially the "diabetic chicks" who snort ''Pixy Stix'' while belching ''Stairway To Heaven'', the drag queens cracker nose-stuffing contest & the Hara Kiri Guinea pig-turned-hackey sack.
283
284!![[ManipulativeEditing Fake Interviews]]
285* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M-mdalCyvs&feature=plcp&context=C36d843cUDOEgsToPDskK1eR-AkwOZW_HJAoq52lb8 We all got cellphones]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbAlHPVembU so come on let's get real]]..."
286* The whole of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lepM8VCGN7c&feature=relmfu Avril Lavigne]] one, helped by Avril being ''clearly'' batshit insane.
287-->'''Avril:''' ''(scared, paranoid)'' Oh my god, cameras, oh my god!\
288'''Weird Al:''' No, no, Avril! Cameras are your friends! Cameras are here to help you! Cameras ''gooood''...\
289'''Avril:''' ''(happy) Cameras!''
290** Also from the Avril interview:
291--->'''Weird Al:''' Okay, now do your impression of one of those automatic lawn sprinkler things.\
292'''Avril:''' ''(nodding while moving her head around the room)'' Okay, 'sup, 'sup, 'sup, 'sup...
293** Behold: Avril's favorite punk song:
294--->'''Avril:''' The Y... [=MCA=] song.\
295'''Weird Al:''' Ah, yes, the Music/VillagePeople, [[SarcasmMode how very... punk...]]
296* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFhA_7Ljby4 The Jessica Simpson interview]].
297** The introduction:
298--->'''Weird Al:''' The one and only: Mrs. Jessica Simpson!\
299'''Jessica:''' [[PronouncingMyNameForYou Uh, my name is Jessica]] ''[[PronouncingMyNameForYou Sam]]''[[PronouncingMyNameForYou pson]].\
300'''Weird Al:''' Uh... No? I pretty sure it's Jessica ''Simp''son.\
301'''Jessica:''' Jessica ''[[InsistentTerminology Sam]]''pson.\
302'''Weird Al:''' ''Ooookay...'' Well, uh... Welcome to AL TV, Jessica Sampson. And you can just call me "Wired Al Iankuwitz"!
303** Al decides to go for a softball:
304--->'''Weird Al:''' I heard you just go the cutest, sweetest, brand-new, little puppy-dog. How's that working out for ya?\
305'''Jessica:''' ''(matter-of-factly)'' I'm shooting it in April.\
306'''Weird Al:''' ''(disheartened)'' Oh...
307* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QOya9-lwQk&feature=relmfu The Eminem interview]]. The "you know what I'm saying" bit, Eminem talking about [[HoYay coming]] [[ManipulativeEditing out]], his triple negatives and the [[PrecisionFStrike f^))&^king]] trees!
308-->'''Al''': I have to admit I was a little bit nervous about doing this interview.\
309'''Eminem''': Relax, guy. I like gay men.\
310'''Al''': ...[[MistakenForGay that's great, but... I'm not gay.]]\
311'''Eminem''': ''(sounding almost offended)'' I don't believe that.
312* Asking Music/OzzyOsbourne if he's ever seen ''Film/ErnestGoesToCamp'' -- and when Ozzy answers no, Al offering to have it projected on his own butt.
313* Requesting Music/BruceSpringsteen to say something completely incoherent, and Bruce obliges.
314* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQd9jWYZky0 Kevin Federline]] interview. All of it. Al seems to express a genuine [[TakeThat disdain]] for the man, unlike his other interviews.
315* [[Music/{{RobertPlant}} Robert Plant]]'s interview, where he asks to hold hands with Al near the end.
316--> '''Weird Al:''' ...Well, well, you know, I...All right. You know, I-I-I'm confident enough in my masculinity that I don't feel threatened or nervous or...uncomfortable holding hands with a--with another man, it's, uh...nothing-nothing wrong with that...It's...''There''. So um...Anything else I can do for you?\
317'''Robert:''' [[HoYay Squeeze my lemon]].\
318'''Weird Al:''' ''(stares in shock)'' ...That's about all the time we have left! Our guest has been Mr. Robert Plant, thanks for coming, Robert...We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming...
319* During the Creator/UmaThurman [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X9_SMRcpvg interview]], Al gets her donuts from Dunkin Donuts to try to persuade her to sing karaoke, but:
320-->'''Uma:''' I don't really consider a Dunkin Donut a fresh donut.\
321''(Beat as Al looks shocked)''\
322'''Weird Al:''' ''(throwing the donut box to the ground)'' '''''WHAT THE FU-'''''\
323''([[WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties Technical Difficulties - Please Stand By]])''
324
325!!Other ''Al TV/[=AlMusic=]'' moments
326* The testimonial of "Roxanne", represented only by [[{{Mouthscreen}} a shot of her glossed lips]]:
327-->Hi...This is Roxanne...''[licks lip]''...And I watch Al TV, because it makes me want to go...''[warbles lips with finger]''
328* Weird Al in Music/AlanisMorissette's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp3cJ8orTE0 "Ironic" video.]]
329* From the 1996 ''Al TV'' special (with the original/parody videos), while playing with some toy cars and making them crash and pile up to some graphic commentary, he brings in a toy alligator and then "a giant [[Music/{{KISS}} GENE SIMMONS]]!"
330* Later in that special, Al has a tattoo done of "Kennedy 4 Ever" (The VJ), then later on adding a rendering of her face. When the latter doesn't turn out so well, he asks to have it "crossed out" instead of going through a removal--And is ''agonizing'' going into the commercial break.
331* While hosting an ''Al Music'' special on Canada's Creator/MuchMusic, Al runs around downtown Toronto pestering random people on the street.
332--> '''Al:''' What is the capital of Canada?
333--> '''Man getting into car:''' Ottawa.
334--> '''Al:''' No, no, it's ''C''! And all the other letters are lower case! You lose. Get outta here. [turns to camera] What a jerk.
335
336!!''Series/BehindTheMusic''
337* The opening to his episode:
338-->"I've never [[Music/FleetwoodMac slept with a band member]]. I've never [[Creator/LeifGarrett crippled a band member]]. I've never stayed in my boat for three days on a heroin binge. I've never had to deal with [[Music/MeatLoaf weight problems]]. I've never [[Series/GeneSimmonsFamilyJewels slept with so many women I lost count]]. I never [[Music/MilliVanilli lip sync]] to my songs, except in music videos. I never was an alcoholic, I never [[Music/SnoopDogg was a poster child for marijuana smoking]], and I never [[Music/JerryLeeLewis married my 13 year old cousin]], SO WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!"
339* "Coming up: Weird Al copes with failure."
340-->'''Al:''' ''(sobbing)'' And then my seventh album only went gold instead of platinum! I had to get the ''medium''-sized Jacuzzi! ''(suddenly calm again)'' Will that work for you?
341* Creator/EmoPhilips shows off one of his royalty checks for appearing in ''Film/{{UHF}}''. For thirty cents. "It's the gift that keeps on giving."
342** Speaking of, behold: [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer His first line]]:
343--->'''Emo:''' ''(with the caption "Emo Philips: [[{{Irony}} Friend]]" on screen)'' You know how you pee in the toilet and it sounds like someone commanding you to kill Weird Al Yankovic?
344* Music/MarkMothersbaugh's completely deadpan ''Theatre/{{Amadeus}}'' moment about "Dare to be Stupid":
345-->'''Al:''' And I played the tape for Mark Mothersbaugh back when it came out, and he seemed to really enjoy it. He said, "Wow, that's a really cool synth sound, I wish [[Music/{{Devo}} we]] could get that!"\
346'''Mark:''' I was in shock. It was the most beautiful thing I'd ever heard.\
347'''Al:''' And he was--he seemed to enjoy it. He could have been lying, but I dunno.\
348'''Mark:''' He sort of resculpted that song into something else, and, um... ''(shrugs)'' I hate him for it, basically.
349
350!!Live Shows
351* In live performances, each member of the band gets a chance to show off their skills at one point, [[NobodyLovesTheBassist except bassist Steve Jay, who will just play one note.]]
352** Guitarist Jim West will also sometimes screw up the last note playing something like "Mary Had a Little Lamb", and drummer Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz's "drum solo" will usually consist of him hitting his snare drum once.
353** Keyboardist Ruben Valtierra, being the group's ButtMonkey, doesn't really get a chance to show off his keyboard skills, but that doesn't stop him from trying. Usually he'll play a rather grandiose piano solo, which is what he does during Al's lead-in story before the song "One More Minute" in ''"Weird Al" Yankovic Live!''. Al stops and turns to Ruben, who sees him and ceases his piano playing, then Al goes back to his story... and Ruben busts out a catchy Mexican salsa piano beat, interrupting Al's story again. To finally get Ruben to stop, [[DisproportionateRetribution Al eventually grabs a gun from the stage and shoots him.]]
354* During the "Hooooo!" instrumental break in "Fat", SantaClaus suddenly bounds onto the stage shouting "Ho-ho-ho!" and Al just as promptly beats him up.
355** During the ''Straight Outta Lynwood'' tour, Santa Claus was replaced by [[DisguisedInDrag a man dressed as a prostitute.]] Al simply pointed at him and shouted "Ho!"
356* Anytime they play the "Jurassic Park" video during his concerts, whenever they show the scene where Barney the Dinosaur gets his head bitten off by a dinosaur, expect the audience to cheer in delight.
357* Before the '''huge''' fan-favorite "Albuquerque" was actually added to the set list, Al would often tease the audience with references to the song and hints that his band would play it. During one such performance:
358-->'''Al:''' So... anyone here tonight from Albuquerque? ''(audience cheers)'' Well, we've got just the song for you! ''(audience cheers even louder)'' [[BaitAndSwitch It's called "One More Minute"!]]
359* "Wanna B Ur Lovr", while already hilarious as a song, becomes something else when performed live. Donning on a gaudy Leisure Suit, Al leaves the stage and serenades individual audience members with the pick-up lines in the song. Considering it's a relative deep cut of a song, some will be completely caught off-guard with their compliments, while others are just swoon to share a bizarrely intimate moment with Al, all leading to the biggest belly laughs of the night for any concert it shows up in. As one audience member once put it, their life was complete when Al stared lovingly into their eyes while saying "Your eyes are even bluer than the water in my toilet".
360* Al started at least one live show thusly:
361-->"ARE YOU READY TO ROCK?!"\
362''(audience cheers)''\
363''({{facepalm}}ing)'' "I was afraid of that."
364** He says this before launching into the largely-acoustic ballad "You Don't Love Me Anymore" on the ''Alpocalypse Tour'' live DVD.
365** During the 1992 Off the Deep End Tour his response to the cheers was an apologetic "I'm sorry, we don't do that anymore...We're gonna 'Polka Your Eyes Out'!" Cue the medley.
366* The mere fact that he named one of his tours (which focuses on his original songs and other non-parodies) "The Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour."
367** Every night on the tour, he played a (mostly) straight cover song. The show in Medicine Hat, Alberta, had him duet "[[{{Film/Grease}} Summer Nights]]" with "Reluctant Audience Member." On Weird Al's video with snippets, while Al's singing the song straight, you can hear his poor partner admit "I've only watched ''Grease'' once" in place of one of the lines.
368** In Toronto, he played "Wipeout" by The Surfaris... which each band member [[StylisticSuck playing in a different key]].
369** His Columbia, MO performance featured "Take The Money And Run" by the Music/SteveMillerBand... until he abandoned it before the chorus due to his disgust with the {{Painful Rhyme}}s and switched to another song.
370
371!!Other
372* When he was on ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' in 1994, all sorts of crazy stuff occurred- he tried to buy an ''umlaut'' (that's the twin-dot thing heavy metal bands use), he [[MythologyGag tried to buy a TV for $500]], and when it came time for the BonusRound, he spent all ten seconds slowly saying the solution, then ran around the set cheering before leaping into Pat's arms. And [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIoyTsbRdII then in 2013]], he recounted a story from behind-the-scenes regarding fellow contestant Music/JamesBrown...
373** Al was a contestant on ''[[Series/{{Jeopardy}} Rock and Roll Jeopardy!]]'' in 2001. [[SelfFulfillingProphecy Guess]] [[ForegoneConclusion what]] [[LifeImitatesArt happened?]] He lost on Jeopardy. Baby.
374* One night in the mid-'80s, Al repeatedly called up his drummer Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz and left one bizarre, rambling message after another on his answering machine. 25 years later, the tape containing the messages was uploaded to Website/YouTube. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scGtAjNYbBc Hear it in all of its bizarre, random glory]].
375** HilariousInHindsight: He pitches two song ideas to Jon which are parodies of songs he'd parody properly on ''Dare To Be Stupid'': "I Want A New Dog/Goat" and "Girls Just Want To Eat Cheese."
376*** "I want a new dog / one that likes to eat cheese / one that's very well groomed / doesn't have too many... [[SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion ticks.]]"
377** "WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?? ''WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?!?'' '''''[[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext LET'S EAT!!!!!!]]'''''
378** "That's not Franchise/{{Lassie}}... it's some ''[[PrecisionFStrike bitch]]'' that's not Lassie!"
379** Al playing "State Of Shock," "Another One Bites The Dust" and "Smoke On The Water" on the phone keypad!
380* His [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIGOch6SPdA interview]] for the ''Anime/Pokemon2000'' soundtrack, for which he wrote and performed "Polkamon," discussing how the root of all great music is polka and voicing genuine concern that there might be ''another'' polka on the soundtrack.
381* His grizzled coach character in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXAW2qd65nA "Every Sports Press Conference Ever"]]
382* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-lnPk5SFrk North Korea Polka]], as performed on "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver":
383-->''Now you might call us bloodthirsty dogs\
384But that metaphor's not very apt\
385[[SelfDeprecation We're just a bunch of simple fidget-spinning goofy dorks]]\
386Who [[EagleLand probably couldn't find your country on a map]]!''
387* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KykmB5fJxmI Weird Al voicing Darkseid]].
388* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib2Vl7JEjfc The Mysterious Floating Orb]]. This is Weird Al in the wild and it's GREAT.
389* [[https://uproxx.com/indie/weird-al-yankovic-kid-rock-dont-tell-me-how-to-live/ Weird Al denies writing Kid Rock song "Don't Tell Me How To Live".]]
390* When it was announced that Creator/DanielRadcliffe would be playing Al in a biopic, Al said that he was thrilled, to the point that, "I have no doubt whatsoever that this is the role future generations will remember him for." Keeping in mind [[Franchise/HarryPotter where Radcliffe started]]...

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